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WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING:

"Mazanec fits the mold of Predators goalies because of his size and athleticism, but no one expected the impact he made in his first North American season. Fourth on the depth chart at the start of camp, he saw his first NHL action in November when an infection sidelined Pekka Rinne. In 25 games for Nashville over two months, he impressed and inspired teammates with his joyful approach. He was the league's rookie of the month in November." (David Boclair, The Hockey News Future Watch 2014, p. 35)

TRANSACTIONS:

Selected by Nashville Predators in sixth round (179th overall) of National Hockey League entry draft, June 23, 2012.

Signed to two-year entry-level contract by Predators, May 3, 2013.

Signed to one-year, two-way contract extension with Predators, May 7, 2015.

Resigned to one-year, two-way contract with Predators, June 13, 2016.

Signed to one-year, two-way contract with New York Rangers, December 5, 2017.

Signed to one-year contract extension with Rangers, June 10, 2018.

Traded by Rangers to Vancouver Canucks in echange for sevneth-round selection in 2020 National Hockey League entry draft, February 12, 2019.

ACCOLADES:

Named National Hockey League Rookie of the Month, November 2013.

FIRSTS:

On November 8, 2013, at the MTS Centre in Winnipeg, Marek made his National Hockey League debut. Recalled to the Nashville Predators due to an injury to Pekka Rinne, Marek was backing up Carter Hutton against the Jets when Hutton allowed three goals on the first eight Winnipeg shots. Barely eight minutes into the contest, Marek was thrown into the fray. Stopping all but two of 24 shots, Mazanec played well against the Jets' attack, but was thwarted in his bid for victory as his fellow countryman, Ondrej Pavelec, stopped all 41 Nashville shots in a 5-0 victory.

INJURIES:

Left game with injury, January 19, 2018. At 10:58 of the third period in Hartford (AHL)'s 3-2 overtime win over Utica, Mazanec covered a loose puck to his right and then exited the game in favor of Alexandar Georgiev.

NHL SHOOTOUTS:

DATE

DEC

OPPONENT

GF

GA

11/30/2013

L

Philadelphia

0

1

Vincent Lecavalier

Claude Giroux

01/04/2014

L

Florida

1

2

Aleksander Barkov

Jonathan Huberdeau

Brad Boyes

Nick Bjugstad

Dmitry Kulikov

Tomas Kopecky

01/11/2014

L

Ottawa

0

2

Mika Zibanejad

Jason Spezza

MISCELLANEOUS:

Left game with broken skate blade, February 17, 2017. Jonas Gunnarsson replaced Mazanec for 1:27 of the second in Milwaukee (AHL)'s 6-3 win over visiting Charlotte.

Game logs have been compiled using the best information that I can find; for a detailed list of known concerns, please click here. I am always looking for assistance in making these more accurate, and welcome your help. For the 1983-84 season and prior, one of my key sources was the Hockey Summary Project, a tremendous resource and one of the best data collections on the Internet. In return, I have attempted to make these data better where possible.